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Harvard University will honor the legacy of a beloved member of the Allston-Brighton community with the new Brian Honan Scholarships, which offer to Boston municipal employees full tuition scholarships for Harvards Division of Continuing Education (DCE). Honan, a Boston city councilor representing Allston-Brighton, died suddenly in July at age 39.

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The mother dinosaur in the Harvard Museum of Natural Historys new exhibit died crouching over her eggs protectively, probably in a Gobi Desert sandstorm, exhibiting parenting instincts that until recently scientists didnt believe she had.

In 1967 the Arno river overflowed its banks and Florence, Italy, became flooded. The rising water spelled disaster for many libraries and museums. Priceless books, manuscripts, and other objects were soaked. Many were ruined.

Assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School Perry Rosenthal has been selected as a finalist for the JP Morgan Chase Health Award at the Tech Museum of Innovation Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc. The founder of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmarys Contact Lens Service, Rosenthal was elected for his involvement in…

Researchers from Harvard Medical School (HMS) have discovered that dual genetic signals are required to disrupt the framework of normal breast tissue during early tumor development. While most genes associated with breast cancer can only deliver one of those signals, one common breast cancer gene, HER2 (also called ErbB2), is able to provide both culprit…

Among recent gatherings on campus was a rally against war on Iraq (above) on Monday (Oct. 7), where Derrick N. Ashong, a Ph.D. candidate in Afro-American Studies, spoke. At the Law School – where, because of a threat to federal funding, military recruiters have recently been allowed access to the School – an Oct. 7…

For the first time, paid undergraduates will fan out into Harvards dorms and houses this year, teaching and preaching and shepherding fellow students into greater environmental awareness and action.

Ostrich lust, belly button lint, and creative corporate accounting took honors at the Twelfth 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in Sanders Theatre on Oct. 3, an event that celebrates scientific achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced.

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney will present portions of her PBS Frontline documentary Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, at the Memorial Church on Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. The New York Times calls the film an extraordinary work, adding that it is an elegantly made, unsentimental look at the widely varied ways in which…

Observing hospital nurses for 239 hours, Anita Tucker watched them solve problems all day, every day.

Widener Library main entrance to close for six months Starting Oct. 19, the main entrance of Widener Library will be closed for six months in order to renovate the first…

Joseph S. Nye Jr., dean of the Kennedy School of Government, has announced the creation of a program to educate new leaders for the free and prosperous development of Armenia and the good of her citizens and countrymen around the world. The Manoukian Public Service Program for Armenia is supported by a gift from the…

Responding to student requests that fall term exams be held before the winter break, the School of Public Health (SPH) has adopted a new fall schedule this year that not only pushes the exams up, but provides for new learning options during a monthlong January session.

As a social historian, Emmanuel Akyeampong focuses on those aspects of life that often escape the attention of scholars who chronicle the large-scale events that shape a nations political destiny.

Harvard Universitys Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) William C. Kirby and Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Thomas M. Reardon announced that Beth Balmuth Raffeld has been named associate vice president and dean for development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In a battle of nationally ranked teams, Harvard football saw its 11-game win streak snapped by the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh University, 36-35, this past Saturday (Oct. 5) in Bethlehem, Pa. With the win, the hosts, who rallied for 15 fourth-quarter points, extended their home victory streak at 26 games.

The consistently successful Harvard field hockey team (6-2, 3-0 Ivy) showed a penchant for being consistent in the losing department as well, dropping its second 3-2 decision at Jordan Field on Oct. 5, this time to third-ranked Wake Forest. The seasons second loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Crimson, who managed three shutouts…

People have come up to Shanel Nand with tears in their eyes to tell her how moved they were by her singing.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will return to Harvard in January 2004 as Lamont University Professor.

Meselson wins ASCB’s Public Service Award The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) will present Matthew Meselson, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, with its Public Service Award…

President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven Hyman will hold office hours for students in their Massachusetts Hall offices from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Oct. 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Among this years Nobel Prize winners are two Harvard Ph.D.s and a former professor in the Astronomy Department. Riccardo Giacconi is one the winners of the Nobel Prize for physics. In addition to having held a professorship in astronomy at Harvard, Giacconi was associate director for High Energy Astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics…

Oct. 12, 1942 – Lt. Gen. Hsiung Shih-sei, of the Chinese Military Mission to the United States, visits Harvard with other Chinese officers and diplomats. Although the University is officially…

At its fourth meeting of the year, the Faculty Council met with Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise the Dean of the College Harry Lewis (DEAS) and the Associate Dean of the College for Human Resources and the House System Thomas A. Dingman to discuss the experience of Harvard athletes and policy questions relating to…

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Two genes that determine brain size have been discovered. One can increase the thinking parts of mice brains, possibly making the rodents smarter. The other is present in people with microcephaly, a genetic disease characterized by a smaller-than-normal brain and head. Such people are mildly retarded.